Comments on: Editor’s Notebook: We’re going to be a tabloidhttp://www.monroemonitor.com/2013/10/15/editors-notebook-were-going-to-be-a-tabloid/
The voice of The Sky Valley since 1899Tue, 31 Mar 2015 19:29:16 -0700hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.3By: Elizabeth Emmonshttp://www.monroemonitor.com/2013/10/15/editors-notebook-were-going-to-be-a-tabloid/#comment-11591
Wed, 06 Nov 2013 19:04:54 +0000http://www.monroemonitor.com/?p=5439#comment-11591First off. I adore Susie and appreciate her open heart and compassion for her whole Sky Valley community.
Perhaps you could offer translated versions of your stories on the web site. I know one translator who would happily work with you – in fact, you guys could probably work out a trade for advertising space.
Just sayen.
Keep up the good work!
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Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:51:31 +0000http://www.monroemonitor.com/?p=5439#comment-11589Heh. I remember how surprised I was to get to Djibouti, Africa and see all the signs in English. Bahrain, too. And Kuwait. And everywhere else I’ve ever been. The truth is, countries accommodate languages that carry with them some economic significance, as opposed to the official language. Spanish clearly carries some economic significance in this country, mostly because so many people come here to work from Spanish-speaking countries. We would do a Spanish-language edition of our paper, but it’s expensive to do, and we’d need advertising to support it, and I don’t know that the advertising base is there. But we’ve certainly discussed it.
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Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:43:16 +0000http://www.monroemonitor.com/?p=5439#comment-11588I wonder how much money has been spent around the world to accomodate English speaking Americans. I agree that the paper is great just the way it is, but the acknowledgement that a large readership here in the Valley is Hispanic is just being neighborly. Asking to place an article written is Spanish might prompt more people to learn Spanish. It’s not as hard to learn as English. There are a lot of people who are bilingual and even I can understand most of what is said.
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Wed, 06 Nov 2013 10:03:14 +0000http://www.monroemonitor.com/?p=5439#comment-11582I agree with Stephanie. We should not spend money on something that only a few people will benefit from. And she’s right, this it’s America, we speak English, most all of business is done in English. If I moved to Mexico I would be expected to speak Spanish. We must prioritize needs vs. wants.
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Sun, 03 Nov 2013 05:15:57 +0000http://www.monroemonitor.com/?p=5439#comment-11572Maybe they should learn to read English? This is America after all. Why should we spend money we are short on to make a different language version? Then people will want a french version, japanese, etc..etc…
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Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:00:16 +0000http://www.monroemonitor.com/?p=5439#comment-11532Is there any way to incorporate stories written in spanish? More of our community can be supported if we can communicate the issues to all of our members. Just hoping…
]]>By: Kathie Saveleskyhttp://www.monroemonitor.com/2013/10/15/editors-notebook-were-going-to-be-a-tabloid/#comment-11512
Tue, 22 Oct 2013 18:47:11 +0000http://www.monroemonitor.com/?p=5439#comment-11512Thank you, Susie and Chuck! Change is always hard (especially for the person who answers the phone!). Our sister publication, the Eatonville Dispatch, started rolling out the new format a few weeks ago, to an overwhelmingly great response! I’m pretty excited!
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Tue, 22 Oct 2013 17:01:47 +0000http://www.monroemonitor.com/?p=5439#comment-11511I am an avid reader and have found that I like the new larger soft bound books. I think I will like the new version of the Monitor as well. This paper is a vital part of our community in any form,so keep up the good works!
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Wed, 16 Oct 2013 04:22:58 +0000http://www.monroemonitor.com/?p=5439#comment-11428The format is not important. The work you all do informing the community is the important element. Keep up the good work.
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